India's show rests on Bermuda after defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka

India saw their hopes of World Cup glory all but end in Trinidad with a 69-run defeat against Sri Lanka.Replying to Sri Lanka's 254 for six in their Group B match in Port of Spain, Rahul Dravid's side crumbled from 98 for three to 185 all out.Only Dravid with 60 and Virender Sehwag with 48 put up any resistance as Muttiah Muralitharan claimed three for 41.Sehwag's dismissal in the 23rd over,caught by Mahela Jayawardene off Muralitharan,turned the match in Sri Lanka's favour.Robin Uthappa,caught and bowled by Chaminda Vaas with the score on 25.Vaas struck again in the 11th over when Muralitharan held onto a spectacular catch,running back at mid-off to get rid of Sourav Ganguly with the score on 41.And four balls and one run later,Dilhara Fernando got the prize wicket of Sachin Tendulkar, bowled for a duck.
India must now rely on Bermuda to defeat Bangladesh on Sunday or they will be eliminated.

India sets Record score in World Cup

19th March, 2007 - India maintained its challenge for a second World Cup title with the biggest winning margin by runs in one-day cricket against Bermuda.The Indians became the first team in nine tournaments to get across 400,smashing 18 sixes as they reached 413-5 in their 50 overs.Bermuda was all out for 156 in 43.1 overs and India won by 257 runs.
``We needed a big performance after the disappointment of the last game and the boys came out and played really well,'' said India captain Rahul Dravid.

Sehwag's innings included three sixes and 17 fours. Yuvraj hit seven shots over the ropes and another three boundaries in his 46-ball knock and Tendulkar's half-century took 29 balls, including five sixes that brought up the fifth score of 400 in one- day internationals.
``This innings was due a long time,'' Sehwag said after being named man of the match."
Hemp,36,former England `A' player,went on to top-score for Bermuda and was one of only three players to reach double figures.Together with Dwayne Leverock,he added 44 for the ninth wicket.

Bangladesh's Stunning Victory over India

17 March, 2007 - Indian got bundled out for 191 in an upset loss to Bangladesh on Saturday.Opener Virender Sehwag's poor form with the bat continued, bowled for 2 by Mushrafe Mortaza.The team management that has been backing him to strike form will be confronted with a question.Sehwag is going through the leanest period of his career,he has failed to stay long enough at the pitch to get his eye in.Sachin Tendulkar,the leading scorer in World Cups,was out for 7 and Dravid only made 14.Former skipper Sourav Ganguly was resilient though,top-scoring with 66.

"We have to learn lessons from the bad shots against Bangladesh," Dravid said.

Pakistan crash out of the world cup

Former champions Pakistan were eliminated from the World Cup when they lost an enthralling Group D match against part-timers Ireland by three wickets at Sabina Park on Saturday.The defeat of the 1992 champions by the debutants is one of the biggest shocks in the nine-tournament history of the World Cup which was first played in 1975.
"I've experienced a few bad days in my life and this ranks pretty highly with ones that I have experienced," Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer said in a news conference.

Scott Styris guides New Zealand to win

Styris posted an unbeaten 87,sharing a 54-run stand with Craig McMillan which steadied the innings and an unbroken 138 with Jacob Oram to lift New Zealand to a six-wicket win over England in a result that should determine No. 1 and No. 2 in Group C.
"It's not a great start and we have to make sure we win the next two games to get into the Super 8s but it's certainly not the end of our tournament by a long way," said England captain Michael Vaughan.

Herschelle Gibbs rewrote the record books in St. Lucia

Sunday,Mar 18, 2007 -The South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs hit six sixes in one over in their ICC World Cup Group A match against the Netherlands at the Warner Park Stadium on Friday.South Africa won convincingly with a 221-run margin over the Netherlands.Herschelle Gibbs rewrote the record books along with teammate Mark Boucher who scored the fastest World Cup 50.

West Indies beats Pakistan by 54 runs

13th March,2007 - West Indies started 2007 Cricket World Cup campaign with a 54-run win over Pakistan at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Tuesday.Inzamam-ul-Haq blasted his batsmen for failing to complete a moderate run chase."We should have got those runs,I think 242 was a gettable score" Inzamam said."Pakistan were bundled out for 187 runs in 47.2 overs.
Dwayne Bravo and Dwayne Smith shared three wickets each while Marlon Samuels contributed 63 runs with the bat to defeat Pakistan.Smith also made a valuable contribution with the bat as he scored 36 runs from just 15 balls at the end of the West Indies innings.At the end of the match,Dwayne Smith's small but impressive innings and a three wicket hall got him the man of the match.He slammed 32 of 15 which were contributed by three fours and two sixes.